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Chapter 10

: Captives.

Chapter 11

: A Tale Of Civil Strife.

Chapter 12

: Desultory Fighting.

Chapter 13

: The Test Of Devotion.

Chapter 14

: Jerusalem.

Chapter 15

: The Siege Is Begun.

Chapter 16

: The Subterranean Passage.

Chapter 17

: The Capture Of The Temple.

Chapter 18

: Slaves.

Chapter 19

: At Rome.

Illustrations

On the Sea of Galilee. Heightening the Walls of Jotapata under Shelter of Ox Hides. John Incites his Countrymen to Harass the Romans. The Roman Camp Surprised and Set on Fire. Mary and the Hebrew Women in the Hands of the Romans. Titus Brings Josephus to See John. John and his Band in Sight of Jerusalem. Misery in Jerusalem During the Siege by Titus. 'Lesbia,' the Roman said, 'I have brought you two more slaves.' The Return of John to his House on the Lake.


Preface.

In all history, there is no drama of more terrible interest than that which terminated with the total destruction of Jerusalem. Had the whole Jewish nation joined in the desperate resistance made, by a section of it, to the overwhelming strength of Rome, the world would have had no record of truer patriotism than that displayed, by this small people, in their resistance to the forces of the mistress of the world.

Unhappily, the reverse of this was the case. E

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